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Freud

By Jonathan Lear
Series: The Routledge Philosophers
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In this fully updated second edition, Jonathan Lear offers a lucid introduction and critical assessment of Sigmund Freud’s philosophical contributions. The book explores Freud’s impact on philosophy of mind, free will, rationality, selfhood, ethics, and religion. It delves into Freud’s fundamental rule of uninhibited self-expression, connecting psychoanalysis with philosophical inquiries into self-consciousness and truthfulness. New sections address psychological structure, object relations, and Freud’s critiques of morality and religion, making the book an essential resource for understanding Freud's enduring philosophical relevance.
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This book is ideal for students and scholars of philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis, and intellectual history, as well as anyone seeking a rigorous philosophical exploration of Freud’s ideas.

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In this fully revised and updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud's thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. Essential reading for anyone in the humanities, social sciences and beyond.

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In this fully updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud's thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. These include the philosophy of mind, free will and determinism, rationality, the nature of the self and subjectivity, and ethics and religion.

He also considers some of the deeper issues and problems Freud engaged with, brilliantly illustrating their philosophical significance: human sexuality, the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of transference. The author's approach emphasizes the philosophical significance of Freud’s fundamental rule – to say whatever comes to mind without censorship or inhibition. This binds psychoanalysis to the philosophical exploration of self-consciousness and truthfulness, as well as opening new paths of inquiry for moral psychology and ethics.

The second edition includes a new Introduction and Conclusion. The text is revised throughout, including new sections on psychological structure and object relations and on Freud’s critique of religion and morality.

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"Probably the best philosophical introduction into the central ideas and concepts of Freud’s theories and practice." - The Guardian

"Jonathan Lear is one of the most subtle and original thinkers in psychoanalysis. This is simply the best introduction to Freud I know." - Marcia Cavell, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

"A major contribution that will be intensively discussed by philosophers, literature professors, and intellectual historians." - Richard Rorty

"If I were to answer who among contemporary psychoanalysts is best qualified to write an introduction to Freud as a philosopher, my choice would be Jonathan Lear." - Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana

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ISBN: 9780415831796

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 January 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 260

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Education & Reference Jonathan Lear Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: The Routledge Philosophers

About the Author

Jonathan Lear is the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, USA. He is also the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy. He is a trained psychoanalyst, and the author of several acclaimed books on philosophy and psychoanalysis, including Aristotle: The Desire to Understand; Love and Its Place in Nature; Open Minded; Happiness, Death and the Remainder of Life and Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation. His most recent book is A Case for Irony (2011). He is a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award.

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